Why was the door for Moroccans closed to extremists today, despite the huge calls to storm Al-Aqsa?

After their failure to storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Ramadan 28 - which coincided with the celebration of the Israeli "unification of Jerusalem" day - extremist temple groups intensified their efforts to mobilize their supporters to storm the mosque today, tomorrow, and the day after Tuesday, on the occasion of what is known as the holiday of "the revelation of the Torah" or "weeks."

This holiday is considered one of the three major seasons in the storming of Al-Aqsa, and the celebrants remember the revelation of the Torah on Moses, peace be upon him, and because of that, the mosque should be stormed over a period of 3 days and in large numbers, especially after the failure of the extremists storming the day of "the unification of Jerusalem."

A cautious calm has prevailed in the Al-Aqsa Mosque squares since the morning hours, and the morning and evening storming hours passed without the Moroccans' door being opened, and consequently without any extremist storming the mosque squares.

To comment on this, Al-Jazeera Net approached Abdullah Maarouf, Professor of Bait Al-Maqdis Studies at Istanbul May 29 University, a former Media and Public Relations Officer at Al-Aqsa Mosque, who said that these groups worked to mobilize all their supporters to compensate for their loss in the storming of Ramadan 28, which was prepared for him before Two months ahead of the preparations, a press conference 40 days before the date of the celebration.

A picture in front of the Mughrabi Gate today shows a few extremists who came to storm the mosque (social media)

Heavy losses were not compensated

To compensate for this heavy loss, these groups have published very provocative calls to mobilize thousands to storm Al-Aqsa to compensate for what they called "wasting dignity" in Al-Aqsa.

And one of the methods that showed the seriousness of the incursions that were supposed to be carried out today - according to what is known - was the making of the extremist Asaf Farid - who is a spokesman for the Union of Temple Organizations - to publish his picture in the city of Lod carrying his automatic weapon to attack the Palestinians there, and publish the announcement of the storming with this photo. "We must do something," he wrote.

Maarouf added, "This shows that the case for them is related to revenge for the failure they suffered on the 28th of Ramadan by trying to break the will of Jerusalem in Al-Aqsa."

Farid was not the only one to publish provocative advertisements related to today's storming, as the head of the Temple Heritage Organization, Tommy Nissani, on Saturday evening, published an article on his page inciting the storming and claiming that his failure could mean the return of the deterrence equation again so as to prevent incursions, as happened in 2000 when The second intifada broke out and extremists were prevented from storming Al-Aqsa until 2003.

Asaf Farid published his photo in the city of Lod, carrying his automatic weapon to attack the Palestinians (communication sites)

It is noteworthy - according to the academic Maarouf - that the numbers of those who actually arrived in the Bab al-Mughrabi area to try to storm Al-Aqsa this morning were very few compared to the numbers that extremist groups had expected to come, and this indicates that the issue is now turning into a new equation, which is a self-deterrent equation.

And "the missile bursts that reached Jerusalem appeared to be messages to extremists on the one hand, and established a stage of self-deterrence for Israeli politicians on the other hand, so that Netanyahu and the political level around him understand that any attack on Al-Aqsa will not pass at a small price, and this is a price they did not expect to reach this level, which is what Netanyahu pushed to stop the incursions and prevent them for the time being, "according to Maarouf.

Maarouf concluded his speech to Al-Jazeera Net by referring to the news circulated by the Israeli media in which the extremist temple groups demanded "transferring the mosques on the Temple Mount to Saudi Arabia or any other country," indicating that this may be a signal to transfer supervision of Al-Aqsa chapels to Saudi Arabia or elsewhere in The continuous attack on the Jordanian endowments remained, describing it as very dangerous.

Al-Maqdisi lawyer Hamza Qatineh said that the Israeli police’s closing of the Mughrabi Gate today and not allowing settlers to enter Al-Aqsa - despite collective calls to do so - stems from their awareness that the settlers ’storming includes attacks, desecration and provocation of Muslims’ feelings, which may further inflame the situation.

From the flags dance march on the day of "the unification of Jerusalem" in Bab al-Amud in 2019 (Al-Jazeera)

Ramadan 28 set the stage for a new phase

Qatina stressed that the closing of the Moroccans' Gate today cannot be limited to fear of further fueling tension, because its closure has a lot to do with what happened on Ramadan 28th of the worshipers failing the plans of extremists and the entry of the resistance factions in Gaza on the front line due to the attacks on Al-Aqsa.

Consequently, Israel does not want to fall into a dilemma that the settlers will put into it and closed the door to the Moroccans, so that it does not appear before the world as someone pouring oil on the fire, "but it is also clear that Israel took this step as a tactic and not as a political step to recognize its responsibility and the settlers for all the tension that occurred."

The head of the Islamic Endowments Council in Jerusalem, Abdel-Azim Salhab, told Al-Jazeera Net - commenting on closing the door to the Moroccans today and preventing extremists from storming Al-Aqsa - that the principle is not to enter these mosque at all, because it is a pure right for Muslims alone.

This is our mosque, our first kiss and the blessing of the Messenger Muhammad, may blessings and peace be upon him, and we want to come and pray in it with reassurance without provocation and preventing the freedom of worship that Israel boasts and claims that it secures and only the Jews.

It is noteworthy that the Israeli government avoided announcing the closing of the Moroccans' Gate today and was content to inform the intruders about it through the police, "for fear of a public retreat in the face of the resistance, and in order to reserve for itself the opportunity to reopen the door to the storming of extremists at the earliest opportunity, especially since the days of" Feast of Weeks "are still Extended until Tuesday evening, "according to Ziad Abhais, a researcher specializing in Jerusalem affairs.